Campfire Scene by Moonlight
William Smith (Guildford 1707 – Chichester 1764)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1750 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
622 x 749 mm (24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732151
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Campfire Scene by Moonlight by William Smith (of Chichester) (Guildford 1707 – Chichester 1764), signed and dated 1750. Figures are seen in a rocky landscape, below in the distance, dancing before a campfire. The scene is shown as if the spectator is high up on a hill. In the middle ground a figure loads or unloads a donkey of its burden. The moon shines through the trees on the upper right.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry Hoare II (1705-85) and thence by descent.Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
signed and dated 1750
Makers and roles
William Smith (Guildford 1707 – Chichester 1764), artist